Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Xhosa calendar

Timekeeping terminology in the Xhosa language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

The following is a list of timekeeping terminology in the isiXhosa language.

Month names

Summarize
Perspective

Traditional

The traditional isiXhosa names for months of the year poetically come from names of stars, plants, and flowers that grow or seasonal changes that happen at a given time of year in Southern Africa.

The Xhosa year traditionally begins in June and ends in May when the brightest star visible in the Southern Hemisphere, Canopus, signals the time for harvesting.

In urban areas today, anglicized versions of the months are used, especially by the younger generation, but in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape, the old names still stand.

Month by month they are, in relation with:

Gregorian

More information English, IsiXhosa ...
Remove ads

Seasons

Days of the week

  • Sunday - iCawa
  • Monday - uMvulo
  • Tuesday - uLwesibini
  • Wednesday - uLwesithathu
  • Thursday - uLwesine
  • Friday - uLwesihlanu
  • Saturday - uMgqibelo

See also

Further reading

  • Kirsch et al., Clicking with Xhosa, David Phillip Publishers, Cape Town, 2001, p. 43f.

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads